Sprayberry Accomplishments

Niche recently released their 2016 rankings of over 17,000
schools, and Sprayberry is proud to be counted among the top
100 schools in the state of Georgia. Their ranking
takes into account such factors as academics, quality of teachers,
school resources, student life, and both student and parent reviews.

U.S. News included Sprayberry in their 2013 list of Best High Schools. The list evaluates schools on overall
student performance on state-mandated assessments, as well as how effectively schools educated their black, Hispanic and economically disadvantaged
students. Performance on Advanced Placement exams was then used to determine the degree to which schools prepare students for college-level work.
Sprayberry was rated as one of the top 25 high schools in the state of Georgia.

In 2012, Atlanta magazine included Sprayberry in its list of the 50 Best Public High
Schools in the metro area. For the first time, the magazine ranked schools on measures of college
readiness, including SAT scores, graduation test scores, graduation rate, Advanced Placement
testing, learning support and HOPE scholarship eligibility.

In 2015, the Washington Post again included
Sprayberry in its listing of America's Most
Challenging High Schools. The list is based on
the Post's "Challenge Index," which looks at the
total number of Advanced Placement, International
Baccalaureate and Advanced International
Certificate of Education tests given at a school
each year and divides that number by the number of
seniors who graduated in May or June.

Sprayberry
received the Platinum Award from the Governor's
Office for outstanding performance on Georgia's
state tests. In fact, Sprayberry was recognized
for both "Greatest Gains" and "Highest
Performance".

Sprayberry
was named a 2011 Georgia School of
Excellence.
The award recognizes those schools who have
demonstrated the greatest continuous gains in
student achievement for the past three years as
measured by assessments in reading and
mathematics. In addition to two previous National
School of Excellence awards, this marks the 2nd
time that Sprayberry has been honored with the
Georgia award.

In 2010, Newsweek included Sprayberry in their
list of America's Best High Schools. According
to the editors, the list was based on "...how hard
school staffs work to challenge students with
advanced-placement college-level courses and
tests." They looked at data from nearly 27,000
high schools across the US, but only about 1,600
schools made the list. Sprayberry is proud
to be counted among them.

The Cobb County School District launched the
Advanced Placement Certified Schools Program
(APCS) in January 2004. Sprayberry is proud to be
one of only a few schools who have attained the
program's highest designation.

The Georgia Department of Education
has consistently recognized Sprayberry as an AP Honors School in
the following categories:

AP STEM: Schools with students testing
in at least two (2) AP math courses and two (2) AP
science courses (2012 - PRESENT)

AP STEM ACHIEVEMENT:
Schools with
students testing in at least 2 AP math courses and
2 AP science courses and at least 40% of the exam
scores on AP math and AP science exams earning
scores of three (3) or higher (2012 - PRESENT)

AP
MERIT: Schools with
at least 20% of the student population taking AP
exams and at least 50% of all AP exams earning
scores of three (3) or higher (2012 - PRESENT)

AP
HUMANITIES: Schools
with students testing in all of the following AP
courses: at least one ELA course, two social
sciences courses, one fine arts course and one
world language course. Schools with
at least 20% of the student population taking AP
exams and at least 50% of all AP exams earning
scores of three (3) or higher (FIRST
INTRODUCED IN 2015 - SPRAYBERRY RECOGNIZED BOTH
YEARS)

Approximately 30% of Students take at least one AP course at SHS, and almost 60% of students who take an AP exam at
Sprayberry end up earning a score of THREE (3) or Higher on the Exam (this EXCEEDS the state average).